Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America

by Leonardo Avritzer

Book Overview

This is a bold new study of the recent emergence of democracy in Latin America. Leonardo Avritzer shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. Scholars have long held that the postwar stability of Western Europe reveals that restricted democracy, or "democratic elitism," is the only realistic way to guard against forces such as the mass mobilizations that toppled European democracies after World War...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691090882
• ISBN13: 9780691090887
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"